The horse racing season is underway at Monmouth Park Racetrack and after opening day ceremonies on Saturday, it's time for a special Mother's Day celebration.
Two horses in Atlantic County were diagnosed with the 2nd and 3rd reported cases in New Jersey in 2021 of a very serious mosquito borne illness known as Eastern Equine Encephalitis and have had to be put down as a result.
A 7-year-old alpaca in Camden County and a 2-year-old gelding horse in Ocean County are the fourth and fifth reported animal cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in New Jersey this year.
The legislation requires horse auctioneers to post identifying information of a horse online 72 hours before a sale, saving horses that mistakenly end up at auction houses and preventing auctioneers from duping buyers.